FXUS64 KLCH 301156
AFDLCH
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
556 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
.AVIATION...A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH BPT AND WILL MOVE
THROUGH AEX AND LCH WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. LIGHT RAIN
ACCOMPANIES THIS FRONT AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AROUND MID-DAY.
IFR CIGS CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON AS WELL.
THE ACADIANA TERMINALS LFT AND ARA CAN EXPECT RAIN AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH AROUND MID-MORNING. IFR CIGS AND
RAIN WILL CONTINUE WITH TEMPO MVFR VIS UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON.
ALTOCU AND CIRRUS CIGS WILL BE THE RULE TNITE. GUSTY NORTHERLY
WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHT WINDS TNITE.
SWEENEY
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 439 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009/
..HURRICANE SEASON ENDS TODAY...
DISCUSSION...
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANYING
THIS LATEST FRONT. TEMPERATURES ARE 10 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER BEHIND
THE FRONT WITH WINDS SWINGING AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS WILL
INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS
BEEN POSTED FOR TODAY. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT WE WERE
ACTUALLY WARMER THAN MIAMI BEACH WHICH WAS REPORTING 63 DEGREES
WHILE BPT REPORTED 68 AND LAKE CHARLES REPORTED 69 DEGREES.
CHANCES FOR RAIN FALL TOWARDS THE NOON HOUR TODAY ALTHOUGH SOME
CHANCE WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SKIES
WILL REMAIN CLOUDY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A LOW DEVELOPS
OFF THE COAST OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THIS LOW WILL LIFT NORTHEAST
TOMORROW WITH RAIN CHANCES INCREASING. THE LOW IS EXPECTED OFF
THE LOUISIANA COAST TMRW EVENING. RAINS WILL CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING AS THE LOW MOVES INTO MISSISSIPPI
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
ANOTHER FRONT...A DRY ONE THIS TIME...WILL PUSH TEMPS IN CNTRL LA
AND LAKES REGION OF SE TX TO NEAR FREEZING BY FRIDAY MORNING.
K. KUYPER
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH 64 49 56 47 55 / 60 30 70 70 40
KBPT 63 49 55 46 56 / 50 30 70 70 40
KAEX 60 42 53 44 52 / 50 20 60 70 60
KLFT 65 47 58 47 57 / 80 30 70 70 40
&&
.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM
LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20
NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL
CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...COASTAL
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM...
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20
NM...SABINE LAKE...WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND,
TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL
CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
&&
$$
